Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕλύαρος [phlyaros?] silly talk, nonsense (probably < ϕλύειν to boil over, to babbleObs. nonce-wd. [i.e., it was coined for the instance and never used again, until the 'net discovered it - 2650 gh]

A person who talks nonsense.1867 Athenĉum 12 Oct. 459/1, I would not meddle with such a phlyarologist.

I would suggest that the correct way to dispute the standard definition would be to concede that you are wrong and get on with your life. However, if you insist on continuing with your mistaken idea you might try using it a lot in the way you think to be correct and hope that the fact that not one person in a thousand is going to know enough to contradict you will lead the rest of us poor fools to accept and use your definition.

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